Loading-machine.



W. G. ZELLE.

LOADING MACHINE.

APPLIGATION FILED MAY 19, 1911.

Patented Oct. 10, 1911.

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LOADING MACHINE.

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LOADING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 19, 1911.

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lgiinas'sesx WILLIAM C. ZELLE, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

LOADING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 10, 1911.

Application filed May,19, 1911. Serial No. 628,307.

To (117 whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, \VILLIAM C. ZELLE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Loading-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to loading machines and more particularly to portable machines for harvesting and loading sugar cane and the like.

It has for its principal objects to produce a machine of light and simple construct-ion and easy manipulation, which will minimize the labor and expense of harvesting sugar cane and the like and possesses certain other advantages hereinafter-more fully appearmg.

The invent-ion consists in the parts and in the arrangements and combinations of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings which form part of this specification and wherein like symbols refer to like parts Wherever they occur,--Figure 1 is a View showing a fragment of the frontportion of the carriage frame or plat-form in side elevation and an elevation of the. mast and boom frame which carries the gathering fork, the.

latter being in gathering position; Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the portion of the carriage franie or platform shown in Fig. 1, the mast being turned at right angles and the boom frame being hoisted with the gathering fork in dumping position over a cart or wagon; Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the boom frame and swiveled supporting frame therefor; Fig. 4 is an enlarged front elevation of the swiveled supporting'frame; Fig. 5 is a side view of the latter; Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the same; Fig. 7 is a horizontal section on the line 7-7 of Fig. 4; Fig. 8 is a section on the line 8-8 of Fig. 4; Fig. 9 is a fragmentary plan view of the carriage frame or platform, the hoisting drums being shown without the mechanism which cooperates directly therewith, the view also showing the supporting bracket for the swiveled frame which carries the boom frame and mast and also showing the arrangement of the guide pulleys for the several operating ropes; Fig. 10 is a side elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 9; Fig. 11 is an end elevation of the supporting bracket for the swiveled supporting frame for the boom frame and mast; Fig. 12 is a view similar to Fig. 9, showing the swiveled supporting frame, a portion of the boom frame, the actuating devices therefor, and the controlling devices for the respective winding drums; Fig. 13 is a section through the boom frame taken on or about the line 1313 of Fig. 12; Fig. 14 is an enlarged view, partly in vertical section and partly in elevation, showing the controlling devices for the winding drums and also a partof the mechanism for turning the mast; Fig. 15 is a section taken on or about the line 15-15 of Fig. 14; Fig. 16 is a section taken on or about the line 16-16 of Fig. 14; Figs. 17, 18, 19 and 20 are enlarged detailed views of the latch device which is a part of the boom-swinging mechanism; Fig. 21 is an enlarged transverse section through the carriage frame showing the cam-lever and associated mechanism for turning the swiveled supporting frame for the boom frame and mast; Fig. 22 is an enlarged fragmentary view, partly in plan and partly in horizontal section, showing the carriage which cooperates with the cam-lever of the turning mechanism for the swiveled supporting frame; Fig. 23 is an end view of the carriage illustrated in Fig. 22; Fig. 24 is a section taken on or about the line 2424 of Fig. 22; Fig. 25 is an enlarged view showing the gathering fork in top plan and fragments of the boom frame; Fig. 26 is a side elevation of the gathering fork; Fig. 27 is a rear elevation of the latter; Fig. 28 is a fragmentary view, partly in section and partly in elevation, showing the boom in raised position and'the gathering fork in its position prior to being dumped; Fig. 29 is a view showing the action of the tripping latch mechanism for the gathering fork; and Figs. 30, 31 and 32 are views showing the action of the releasable locking mechanism for the gathering fork.

The machine maybe mounted on any suitable and portable platform or carriage. The wheels may be of any suit-able traction type and the machine may be driven by a gasolene or other desirable motor (not shown) In practice the same motor may obviously be utilized for propelling the machine as well as actuating the gathering and loading mechanism. Hence, in the drawings only the driving shaft of the motor is shown.

The gage between the centers of the tractoo tion wheels is preferably the same as the distance between the centers of two adjoining furrows so that the wheels may straddle a hill and travel on the bottoms of the furrows; and the mast and boom, hereinafter more fully set forth, are arranged so that thebo'ommay be lowered and carried lengthwise directly over a furrow; preferably, the furrow along which the wheels at one side of the machine travel.

Preferably, for convenience in harvesting, to facilitate handling and loading, and. to minimize the cost thereof, the canes or stalks cut'from three adjacent hills or rows are laid and heaped in a single row crosswise of the furrow between two adjacent hills, so that throughout the field the cut canes will be symmetrically arranged crosswise in parallel rows with a space of two open furrows and one unoccupied hill between every row. This arrangement permits the passage of the cane cart or wagon lengthwise of the unoccupied furrows and also permits of the progressive travel of the loading machine without disturbing the heap rows adjacent to the one being gathered and loaded As shown in the drawings, the'carriage or platform com rises an open structural frame 1 built rom channels and angle sec-' tions. It may be mounted on any suitable running gear (not shown) and propelled in any suitable manner.

Supported on a corner bracket or extension 2 of the carriage or platform 1 is a' swiveled frame. comprising parallel vertical members 8 and top and bottom cross members 4 and 5, respectively. The upper cross member 4. is provided With a vertical opening 6 at its middle which rotatably fits a cylindrical stud '2' having a vertical bore on the outer end of the corner bracket 2. The lower cross member 5 is hingedly connected, at a point axially under the opening 6 of the upper cross member 4. and bore of the stud 7, to one end portion of a stay member or brace 8 which is attached at its opposite end to a rigid part of the carriage frame.

A verticallymovable cross member 9 has its opposite end portions sleeved over the vertical members 3 of the swiveled frame; and projecting from the opposite ends of said cross member 9 are lugs 10 which are bored and screw-threaded to fit vertical supporting and adjusting screws 11 extending parallel with said vertical members 3. These screws are swiveled or journaled at their opposite ends in lugs 12 projecting from the ends of the upper and lower cross members 4 and 5. By turning the screws in their bearings 12 the cross member 9 may be raised and lowered, as desirable.

The cross member 9 is providedwith forwardly projecting ears 13 arranged,.preferably, in pairs near its opposite ends; and hinged between these cars 13 are upstanding ears 14c of an end casting or cross member 15 to which a boom frame is secured. The boom frame comprises channel side members 16 whose flanges are disposed inwardly; and the top flanges are connected by transverse and diagonal cross braces 17. The front end portions of the members 16 are connected to an end casting or cross member 18; and secured to the member 18 is a series of fingers 19 constituting an abutment to cotiperate with a gathering device or fork which is mounted on the boom frame so as to travel lengthwise thereof. These fingers 19 are preferably slidably fitted through perforations in lugs 20 on said end member 18 and secured by set screws 21 so that they may be' adjusted.

The gathering device or fork, as shown more clearly in Figs. 25 to 27, inclusive, comprises across member or casting 22 which has rigidly secured thereonforwardly projecting angle members 23 whose vertical flanges are disposed parallel with the web of the adjacentboom channel members 16.

and have journaled thereon rollers 24 which travel in said channels. Hinged to the member 22, as by a shaft 25, is a frame or casting 26 which has a series of forwardly projecting forks 27 secured to the lower portion thereof. These forks 27 have their rear end portions 28 bent up at right angles and slidably fitted through openings in lugs 29 on the frame 26 and secured by set screws 30, so that said forks may be adjusted. Extending forwardly from the upper portion of the frame 26 is a pair of forks 31 whose bottom edges are substantially in the same plane as the bottoms of the angle members 23.

Normally, the forks 27 and 31 lie parallel with the angle members 23 and the parts are held in this relation by a releasable catch mechanism or tripping device. The tripping device comprises lugs 32 projecting rearwardly from the frame 26 and having seatportions 33 adapted to be engaged by pawls '34: mounted on the under side of the cross member 22. Preferably, two of the lugs 32 are employed and located near the sides of the gathering device; and the pawls 34 are mounted fixedly on a rock-shaft 35. Each of the pawls 34 is provided with a perforated lug '36 through which is slidably fitted a bolt 37. The respective bolts 37 are secured at one end to the member 22 and the opposite ends of the tmlts are provided with jam nuts; and springs 38 are sleeved on the bolts between said lugs and jam nuts. The action of the springs is to yieldingly hold the pawls 34 in engagement with the seats' on the lugs 32.

Projecting upwardly from the front and rear edge portions of the member 22 are lugs 39 and 40. Mounted on these lugs are parallel guide rods -11 on which a latch .ride over a cam face on a rock-arm 44 fixed on the shaft 35. The pivoted projection 43 is yieldingly held in position by a spring 43 which presses it against a shoulder or adjacent flat face on the sliding block 42 (see Figs. 28 and 29). When the block 42 is moved rearwardly the projection 43 rides over the cam face on the arm 44 and thereby rocks the latter together with the shaft 35 and pawls 34 which are in fixed relation to each other. The pawls 34 are thereby moved out of engagement with the seats 33 of the lugs 32 on the pivotal member 26 and the gathering fork swings on the shaft into dumping position see Figs. 2 and 32).

The gathering fork is connected through a rope, hereinafter designated as the loading rope, to a winding drum on the platform and hereinafter referred to as the loading drum. Preferably, the loading rope 45 is attached to an ear 46 on the front lug 39 of the fork member 22. The rope is carried forwardly under and back over a pulley or sheave 47 journaled in a housing 48 on the end member 18 of the boom frame, thence under a pulley 49 journaled in the cross member 9 of the swiveled frame, thence up over a pulley 50, and thence rearwar dly over a guide pulley 51 to the loading drum 52.

The loading drum 52 and the additional drums hereinafter referred to as the dumping and restoring drum 53 and hoisting drum 54. respectively, are mounted on a single shaft 55 for convenience in operating I and cont-rolling them. This shaft 55 extends extending bolt which slides through the lug 40 on the frame member or carriage 22 and has one end of a rope, hereinafter referred to as the tail rope 61, secured thereto. The tail rope is carried rearwardly under a. pulley 62, thence up 'over a companion pulley 63 (both of said pulleys 62 and 63 being journaled in a housing 64 on the end member 15 of the boom frame), thence rcarwardly under a pulley 65 journaled adjacent to the pulley 49 in the cross member 9 on the swiveledframe, thence up over a pulley 66 journaled on the bracket arm 2 adjacent to the pulley 50, and thence rearwardly around a guide pulley 67 on the carriage frame to the dumping and restoring drum 53. v

Pivoted to the boom frame, near its outer end, is a yoke68 which has a pulley 69 journaled thereon. A mast comprising a pair of parallel vertical members 70, preferably tubular, is mounted on the upper cross member 4 of the swiveled frame which carries the boom frame. The upper ends of the mast members 70 are connected by a cross member, preferably a casting 71 having a housing in'which a pulley 72 is journaled. The mast may be braced by diagonal stays .73 which are secured to the carriage or platform frame in any obvious manner.

A rope hereinafter referred to as the hoist-1 ing rope 74 is secured at one end to the cross member 71 at the top of the mast. It is then carried under and around the pulley 69 on the swiveled yoke 68, thence up over the pulley 72 at the top of the mast, thence down through a central opening in the pivot stud 7 which is fitted into the opening 6 in the cross member 4 of the swiveled frame, thence under a pulley 75 journaled in the bracket arm 2 above the two pulleys 50 and 66, and thence rearwardly and laterally over guide pulleys 76 and 77 on the carriage or platform frame to the hoisting drum 54.

It is here noted that the respective controllingropes pass vertically in line with the axis of the swiv'eled frame which carries the boom frame and mast or in close proximity thereto, so that the frame may swing without interference and undue strain on the ropes. So, too, the tail rope 61 is carriedunder and over the respective pulleys 62 and 63 before being assed under the pulley 65, in order to bring the rope close to the pivot of the boom to prevent breaking the rope when the boom is swung up and down.

A. sprocket wheel 78 is fixed on the cross head 4 concentric with the axis of the swiveled frame; and this sprocket wheel 78 is connected throu h a sprocket chain '79 to a similar gear 80 xed to a shaft-81 (see Fig.- 12). This shaft is preferably journaled in a bracket 82 at the side of the machine and,

in practice, extends upwardly and is provided with a handwheel or lever (not shown) in convenient reach of the operator. It is preferable to split thechain and provide link members 83 which are connected by a turnbuckle 84' so that the slack in the across the frame and is secured to the sprocket chain 79. The connection between the lever 86 and sprocketv chain is prefer: ably effected through the devices shown and presently described. The sprocket chain is n'ovided with a flat bar or elongated plate 87 which slides through a horizontal. opening in a bracket-extensioi'i' 88 on the end of the lever 86. A yoke or frame 89 is secured on this bracket extension 88. In the yoke is mounted vertically movable latch-bolt 90 which slides through openings 91 in the bracket extension 88 and anyone of a pair or series of openings 92 in the bar '87 which is brought into register with said open-- ings 91. I

The upper end portion 93 of the bolt 90 works through a perforation in the top of the yoke 89 while the intermediate portion of the bolt is preferably reduced and square in cross section. 'A toggle comprising upper and lower members 94 and 95'is connected to the bolt and the bottom ofthe yoke 89. The upper toggle member 9-1 is provided with a bell crank extension-96 to which is attached a manipulating chain 97; and a link 98 is pivotally connected to the knuckle of the toggle and has a manipulating chain 99 attached thereto.

The chains 97 and 99 may be carried to any convenient point in reach of the operator. Preferably, the toggle element 95 is a single member while the element 94 comprises a pair of like members which straddle the reduced intermediate portion of the bolt 90; and the element 98 also preferably comprises a pair of members. The toggle is so arranged that, when the chain 99 1s pulled, the elements 94: and 95 are straightened and mored past center and the bolt 90 is raised and held from dropping back into the opening 92 in the bar 87 To restore the bolt to locking position, the chain 97 1s pulled to bend the toggle. Preferably, the bolt has a cross member 100 which is perforated at opposite ends, as at 101, to slidably fit guide rods 102 extending parallel with the bolt in the yoke 89. Springs 103 are sleeved over these guide rods and interposed between the top of the yoke 89 and said cross member 100, so as to yieldingly hold the bolt in looking position.

The cam lever or oscillatory member 86 provided with rollers 101 which ride on a track-plate 10:") on the carriage frame; and

an areuate retaining piece 106 is secured at its opposite ends on studs 107 projecting upwardly from said track-plate 105. This retaining piece 106 cooperates with the rollers 10$ to prevent the free end of the cam lever from jumping.

The lever 86 is provided with a cam groove 108 in which tits an anti-friction sleeve 109 on a stud 11.0 extending upwardly from a carriage 111. This carriage 111 is provided with hearing rollers 112 which travel in channeled trackways 113 mounted on the inner faces of a pair of parallel cross beams 114. The carriage is also provided I 123 which with a set of lateral thrust rollers 115 adapted to bearagainst the inner faces of said cross beams 114. When the carriage 111 is reciprocated on its traokways, the cam lever is oscillated on its pivot, and owing to the connection between the cam lever and sprocket chain 79, the swiveled frame which carries the boom and mast is rotated.

Preferably, the actuating mechanism for the carriage 111 is operated simultaneously with the hoisting drum 5a, so that the boom is swung laterally at the same time it is be ing raised and lowered. Therefore, a spiral gear 116 is fixed to rotate with the winding drum 5%. That is, the gear is fixed to a sleeve which is loose on the shaft 55 but bolted to the hub portion of said drum 54. The spiral gear 116 meshes with a .second spiral gear 117 fixed to a countershaft 118 which has a sprocket wheel 119 fixed thereon. A sprocket chain 120 is secured at its opposite ends to the middle portion of the carriage 11.1 and is looped around said sprocket wheel 119 and a second sprocket wheel 12-1 mounted on a shaft 122. The sprocket chain 1.20 is preferably split and provided with screw-threaded link members are connected by a turnbuckle 124.

Each of the winding drums is provided with a flanged portion 125 with whose pe- 132 which are threaded onto the free end portions of said bolts. By adjusting the nuts 132 on the bolts, the tension of the springs may be varied to produce the desired friction between the straps 126 and the peripheral faces of the flanges 125 on the drums. In practice, the retarding brakes are adjusted so that the drums may be readily rotated when the clutches, presently described, are thrown into engagement therewith, but will offer sufficient resistance to hold said drums from rotating or overtraveling when the clutches are thrown off.

Each of the winding drums is provided with a second brake flange 133 with whose peripheral face a brake-band 134E coiiperates. The opposite ends of the respective brake-bands 134 slidably engage bolts 135 whose outer end portions are screwthreaded to receive jam nuts 136. The inner end of one of the bolts 135 is pivotally connected to the supporting bracket 13? for an act-uating lever 138. The other bolt. 135 is pivotally connected at. its inner end to an extension 139 of said lever 138. By this ari-angement, when the lever is depressed, the

' brake-band134 is wrapped tight against the spider frame and are pivotally attached .to

toggle members 145. Short toggle members 146 are pivoted to the members 145 and to the hub portion 141 of the spider; and the knuckles of the respective toggles are connected by links 147 to clutch sleeves 148 which are feather-keyed on the shaft 55. The clutch sleeves are provided with annular gl'OOVQS 149 with which studs or rollers on the forked end portions of horizontal shifting levers 150 coiiperate. The levers 150 are provided at their other ends with lateral extensions onwhich rollers 151 are journaled, there being a pair of these rollers on each lever.

Fixed on a transverse rock-shaft 152 are cam sectors 153 and 154; and on a second rock-shaft 155 in line therewith, is fixed a cam sector 156. The cam sector 153 cooperates with the lever for the loading drain and the sector 154 coiiperates with the lever forthe restoringand dumping drum. These sectors are fixed on the same rock-shaft and are operated by a single lever 157 fixed to the shaft for the reason that said drums work in correlation to each other. That is, when one drum is winding, the other should be unwinding. Therefore, the cam faces of the sectors 153 and 154 are the reverse of each other.

When the lever 157 is thrown forwardly, the offset or cam portion of the sector 153 rocks the conperating clutch lever 150 and throws the clutch in on the loading drum 52, while the straight portion of the sector 154 rides between the rollers on the clutch lever for the restoring and dumping drum 53 and holds the clutch from engagement with the latter. Hence, the drum 52 winds the loading rope thereon and pulls the gathering fork forwardly on, the boom frame; and the tail rope is played out from the drum 53 which is merely resisted by the retarding band 126, the resistance being sufiicient to hold the tail rope taut. On the other hand, when the controlling lever 157 is moved rearwardly, the clutch for the loading drum 52 is thrown off and the clutch for the restoring and dumping drum 53 is thrown in. In this case, the tail rope is wound on the drum 53 and the loading rope is played out from the drum 52.

i As the tail rope is wound on the drum 53, the catch for the gathering fork is tripped and the latter is dumped; and a continued winding of the drum 53 restores the fork to normal position at the inner end of the boom frame. As the fork is drawn rearwardly on the boom frame, it is, of course, in dumped position. To right it or restore it to gathering position, rollers 164 are journaled in brackets 165 on oppositesides of the fork. These rollers are arranged to ride down cam tracks 166 secured to the opposite boom frame channels 16. That is, the fork. is substantially iii the position shown by full lines in Fig. 2, when dumped, and is restored as shown by dotted lines in said Fig. 2, preparatoryto lowering the boom frame. As soon as the fork is righted, the catch hereinbefore mentioned, holds it in place. Resilient stops cpmprising pivoted .levers 167 are mounted on the boom frame members 16 at the rear of the cam tracks 166,

so as to form yielding abutments against which the rollers 164 contact. These levers 167 are preferably pieces of angle iron and one of their flanges is perforated to permit a bolt 168 to slide therethrouol'h. The bolt is secured at one end to the cam track memmr and has a spring 169 sleeved thereon between the stop lever or abutment and the adjusting nut or collar 170 at the o osite end of the bolt.

Preferably, the same controlling lever 157 which operates the cam sectors 153, 154, also operates the band-brakes 134 for the drums 52 and 53. This is accomplished by fixing on the shaft 152 sectors 158 having cam projections 159- on. their'bottom edges which cotSpera-te with rollers 160 journaled bet-ween lugs 161 on the respective brake-levers 138. The cam projections 159 are arranged so that, when the operating lever 157 is in vertical or neutral position, the brake-levers aredepressed and the brake-bands 134 are drawn into contact with the peripheral faces of the flanges 133 on both of the drums 52 and 53; and when the operating lever is moved to throw on either of the clutches, the brakes for both of the drums 52 and 53 are thrown off. That is, the two drums, as above set forth, are free to rotate, excepting the retarding action of the straps 126.,However, when it is desired to dump the gathering fork, the brake 134 has to be momentarily thrown on the loading-drum as the tail rope is pulled by the winding of the drum 53 sothatthe springs which hold the tripping block will yield to permit the tripping member on the block to actuate the catch which holds the fork in gathering position.

Obviously, the springs which yieldihglv hold and restore the latch block must be strong enough to normally overcome the resistance of the retarding band on the loading drum. Hence, the necessity of applying the brake momentarily on the drum 52 until the tripping of the catch forthe gathering fork is effected. Therefore, it is preferable to provide an extension 162 on the lever 138 which actuates the brake for the "loading drum, so that the operator may depress the lever with his foot.

The clutch and brake for the hoisting drum is operated by a lever 163 fixed on the shaft 155 which is provided with a cam sector 158 1ike those on the shaftilofl. \Vhen this lever is moved in one direction, the clutch is thrown in and the brake is thrown oif. lVhe-n the lever is moved in the oppo site direction, the clutch is held off from the drum and the brake is released. This lever 163 controls the raising and lowering of the boom and, as hercinbefore set forth, the boom swings laterally simultaneously with the raising and lowering thereof. However, it is specially desirable and, in fact, almost a necessity that the boom be raised a considerable distance before it starts to turn laterally, in order to avoid striking the horses or mules which usually draw .the cane carts or wagons and stand alongside of the boom when lowered. Therefore, the cam slot 108 in the lever 86 is provided with a straight .portion 108 which extends in line with the direction of travel of the carriage 111 when the boom frame is lowered in gathering position (see Fig. 12). By this arrangement the carriage 111 travels a considerable distance after the boom frame begins to rise before the sleeve or roller 109 on the stud v110 enters the eccentric portion 10 i of the slot 108 to effect the shifting of the lever 86 which swings the boom. The cam slot 10Sis also provided with a straight portion 108 into which the sleeve or roller 10S) moves after the boom has reached its proper lateral position. Thispermits the boom to be raised a little higher and allows the operator some time in which to stop the actuation of the hoisting drum and also obviates a jar at the end of the movement of the boom.

In the operation of the machine, the boom frame is dropped over the heap row until the abutment fingers touch the ground, or nearly so. Then the gathering fork is moved toward the abutment until a load is compressed therebetween; Then the boom frame is hoisted and swung over the cane cart or wagon and the fork is dumped.

- Then the gathering fork is restored and imposed upon them, but permit the drums tb slip when the moving partsactuated thereby are arrested by undue resistance or contact with a fixed stop. For example, when the hoisting drum is acting to raise the boom,

and the operator fails to throw off the clutch has sufiiciently compressed its load of gatlr' ered canes against the abutment at the end of the boom frame, the loading drum will slip onits clutch shoes and the liability of crushing and bruising the cane is obviated. The same true of the restoring drum in case the operator fails to throw ofi the clutch when the gathering fork has been broughtback against the stops at the inner end'of the boom frame.

The operation of the machine is simple and itis readily controlled by a single op erator through a pair of levers within convenient reach of the operators hands and av lever to be manipulated by his foot.

Should the furrow be irregular or crooked, or the platform out of line with the furrow, the boom may be swung in line with the'furrow by releasing the latch-bolt which engages the bar 87 forming a part of the sprocket chain 79, and manipulating a suitable hand-wheel or lever on the shaft 81. So, too, when it is-desired to transport the machine from place to place and the boom has been raised, and, of coarse, swung laterally simultaneously with the raising thereof, the boom may be swung around again paral-. lel with the side of the carriage frame by releasing the latch-bolt from the bar 87 and turning the shaft 81 until the proper perforation 92 in the bar 8'? is in position to be engaged by said latch-bolt, this being accomplished Without disturbing the hoisting mechanism.

While the machine has been described in connection with the harvesting of canes and stalks, obviously it may be employed in for supporting said frame substantially in horizontal position in proximity to thepivotally mounted on said carriage and extending forwardly under said frame, means for releasably holding said fork in gathering position on said carriage, means for moving said carriage on said frame, and an abutment depending from the outer end of said frame in coiiperative relation to said gathering device.

2. A loading machine of the class described, comprising a portable carriage and an elongated frame movably mounted on said carriage at the front end thereof, means for supporting said frame substantially in horizontal position' in proximity to the ground, a. gathering device comprising a carriage mounted on said'elongated frame and adapted to travel lengthwise thereof, a fork pivotally mounted on said carriage and extending forwardly under said frame, means for releasably holding said fork in gathering position on said carriage, means for moving said carriage on said frame, an abutment depending from the outer end of said'frame in cooperative relation to said gathering fork, means for raising and lowering said elongated frame, and means for tripping said releasable holding means to dump said gathering fork.

3. In a loading machine of the class described, a boom frame pivoted to swing vertically, an abutment at the outer end of said boom frame, a carriage mounted on said boom frame and movable lengthwise there of, a fork pivotally mounted on said carriage and extending forwardly under said boom frame, means for releasably holding the gathering device in gathering position, means for tripping said releasable holding means to dump the fork, and means for sup porting said boom frame so that said abutment is close to the ground and said gathering fork travels close to the ground toward the abutment.

4. In a loading machine of the class described, a boom frame pivoted to swing ver tically and laterally, an abutment at the outer end of said boom frame, a gathering fork pivotally mounted on said boom frame and movable lengthwise thereof, the prongs of said fork extending forwardly under said boom frame. means for releasably holding said gathering fork in gathering position. means for moving said gathering fork toward said abutment, means for dumping the gathering fork and restoring it to normal position. means for raising and lowering said boom frame,. and means for swinging said boom frame laterally.

5. In a loading machine of the class described, a boom frame pivoted to swing vertically and laterally, an abutment at the outer end of said boom frame, a gathering device pivotally mounted on said boom frame and movable lengthwise thereof, means for releasably holding said gathering device in gathering position, means for moving said gathering device toward said abutment, means for dumping the gathering de-. vice and restoring it to normal position, means for raising and lowering said boom frame, and automatic means for swinging said boom frame laterally simultaneous with the raising and lowering movements thereof.

6. In a loading machine of the class described, -a portable carriage, a. boom frame pivoted on said carriage at the front endthereof so as to swing vertically and laterall.y, an abutment at the outer end of said boom frame, means for raising and lowermg said boom frame and for supporting it in substantially horizontal position in proximity to the ground, a gathering fork pivotally mounted on said boom frame and movable lengthwise thereof, the prongs of said fork extending forwardly and adapted to travel close to the ground in the lowered position of said boom frame, means for releasably holding said fork in gathering posi tion on the boom frame, means for moving the fork on the boom frame toward said abutment, automatic means for swinging the boom frame laterally simultaneous with the raising and lowering 'movements thereof, and means for dumping said fork.

T. In a loading machine of the class described, a portable carriage, a boom frame pivoted to swing vertically and laterally on said carriage at the front end thereof, an abutment at the outer end of said boom frame, means for raising and lowering said "boom frame and for supporting it in subing means and the connection between said power shaft and the respective actuating means being adapted to yield when the respective devices actuated thereby meet resistance beyond a certain degree.

8. A leading machine comprising a portable carriage. a horizontally swi'veled supporting frame thereon; means on said chrriage for rotating said swiveled frame, a.

normally in front of said carriage, a rope fastened to said boom frame and a winding drum on sald carriage whereby theboom frame may be raised'and lowered, means thevswiveled frame whereby the boom is swung laterally and simultaneous with the raising and lowering movements thereof, an abutment depending from the outer end of said boom' frame, a gathering fork pivotally mounted on said boom frame and movable lengthwise thereof, a device for releasably holding said gathering fork in gathering position on said boom frame, arope secured to said releasable holding device for the gathering fork and to a winding drum on said carriage whereby said gathering fork may be dumped and drawn toward the inner end of said boom frame, a rope secured to said gathering fork and to a drum on said carriage whereby said fork may be drawn toward the outer end of said boom frame, all of said drums being loosely mounted on a common driving shaft, a separate clutch for each of said drums, a separate brake for each of said drums, said brakes being normally applied, a controlling device for said first mentioned drum adapted to throw the brake off and the clutch "into engagement with the drum, and a mntrolling device common to both of said second and last mentioned drums, said controlling device being adapted to throw either of the.clutches into engagement with its cooperating drum and simultaneously release the brake from both of the drums. I

9. A loading machine comprising a port able carriage, a horizontallyswiveled sup- 'iorting frame thereon, means on said carriage for rotating said swiveled frame, a boom frame pivoted to swing vertically on said. swiveled frame, said boom frame being normally in front of said carriage, a

rope fastened to said boom frame and a Winding drum on said carriage whereby the boom frame may be raised and lowered, means for holding said drum so that said boom frame may be held n raised and lowered positions, a working connection between said drum and said means-for r0 tating the swiveled frame whereby the boom is swung laterally simultaneous with the raising and lowering movements thereof, an

may be'dumped and drawn toward the inner end of said boom frame, a rope secured to said gathering fork and to a drum on said carriage whereby said fork may be drawn toward the outer end of said boom frame, all of said drums being loosely mounted on a 7. common driving shaft, a separate clutch for each of said drums, said clutches each comprising a clutch sleeve feather-keyed to said driving shaft, clutch shoes rotatable in fixed relation to said driving shaft and adapted to engage the respective drums, adjustable ;erating lever fixed thereon, a cam sector fixed on said rock-shaft and adapted to en- Y gage the shifting lever for the'clutch of said drum, said cam sector being so arranged that when the said operating lever is moved in one direction the clutch is thrown into engagement with the drum, acontrolling device, common to said second and last mentioned drums, said controlling device comprising a rock-shaft having an operating lever fixed thereon, and separate cam sectors fixed on said rock-shaft in cooperative relation to the shifting levers of the respective clutches for said two drums, said cam sectors being reversely arranged and adapted to throw the clutch of one of said drums into engagement therewith when the operating lever is moved in 'one direction and being also adapted to throw the clutch of the opposite drum into engagement therewith when it is moved in the opposite direction, all of said cam sectors being arranged and adapted to hold said clutches out of engagement with the respective drumsiwhen the operating levers are in neutral position, a separate brake for each of said drums, said brakes being provided with operating le vers and tending to normally move from engagement with the respective drums,and

cam sectors fixed on said controlling rockable carriage, a sprocket chain belted around said sprocket wheels, .an oscillatory member mounted on said portable carriage and connected at its free end to said sprocket chain, means'for actuating said oscillatory memsaid boom frame simultaneous with the actuation of the oscillatory member. I

11. In a loading machine, a portable carriage, a horizontally swiveled supporting frame thereon. a boom frame pivoted to swing vertically on said swiveled frame, means for rotating said swiveled frame comprising a sprocket wheel on said swiveled frame, a second sprocket wheel on saidportable carriage, a sprocket chain belted around said sprocket wheels, a cam lever pivoted to swing horizontally on said portable carriage and connected to said sprocket chain, a reciprocatory member mounted on said portable carriage in cooperative relation to said cam lever and adapted to effect an oscillation of the latter whereby said swiveled frame is rotated, and means for raising and lowering said boom frame simultaneous with the rotation of said swiveled frame.

12. In a loading machine, a portable carriage, a horizontally swiveled supporting frame thereon, a boom frame pivoted to swing vertically on said swiveled frame, means for rotating said swiveled frame comprising a sprocket wheel on said swiveled frame, asecond sprocket wheel on said port-- able carriage, a sprocket chain belted around said sprocket wheels, a cam lever pivoted to swing horizontally on said portable carriage and connected to said sprocket chain, a re ciprocatory member mounted on said portable carriage in cooperative relation to said 'cam lever and adapted to effect an oscillation of the latter whereby said swiveled frame is rotated, means for raising and lowering said boom frame simultaneous with the rotation of said swiveled frame, means fordiseonnectin said cam lever from said sprocket chain, and means for eifecting the rotation of said swiveled frame independent of said cam lever.

' 13. In a loading machine, a portable carriage, a horizontally swiveled supporting frame thereon, a boom frame pivoted to swing vertically on said swiveled frame, an abutment at the outer end of said boom frame, a gathering device movable longitudinally on said boom frame at the under side thereof, means for moving said gathering device forwardly on said boom frame, means for dumping said gathering device, means for moving it rearwardly on said boom frame, means for rotating said swiveled frame comprising a sprocket wheel thereon, a second sprocket wheel on the portable carriage, a sprocket chain belted around said sprocket wheels, an oscillatory member mounted on said portable carriage and connected to said sprocket chain, means for actuating said oscillatory member to effect the rotation of said swiveled frame, and means for raising and lowering said boom frame simultaneous with the rotation of the swiveled frame.

14. In a loading machine, a portable carriage, a l'iorizontally swiveled supporting frame thereon, a boom frame pivoted to swing vertically on said swiveled frame, an abutment at the outer end of said boom frame, a gathering device movable longitudinally on said. boom frame, at the under side thereof, means for moving said gathering device forwardly on said boom' frame, means forv dumping said gathering device, means for moving it re'arwardly on said boom frame, means for rotating said swiveled frame comprising a sprocket wheel thereon, a second sprocket wheel on the portable carriage, a sprocket chain belted around said sprocket wheels, an oscillatory member mounted on said portable carriage and connected to said sprocket chain, means for actuating said oscillatory member to effect the rotation of saidswiveled frame, means for raising and lowering said boom frame simultaneous with the rotation of the swiveled frame, means for disconnecting said oscillatory member from said sprocket chain, and means for rotating said swiveled frame independent of said oscillatory member and its actuating means.

15. In a loading machine, a portable carriage, a horizontally swiveled supporting frame thereon, a. boom frame pivoted to swing vertically on said swiveled frame, means for rotating said swiveled frame comprising a sprocket wheel fixed thereon and concentric with the axis thereof, a second sprocket wheel fixed on a shaft journaled on said portable carriage, a sprocket chain belted around said sprocket wheels, said sprocket chain extending substantially parallel-with the side of the portable carriage, an oscilla tory member pivoted on said portable carriage to swing in a horizontal plane and extending transversely of the carriage, said oscillatory member having a cam slot there- 'in, a reciprocatory member mounted on transversely ext-ending trackways on said portable carriage in cooperative relation to said oscillatory member and having a projection working in the cam slot whereby, when said reciprocatory member is reciprocated said oscillatory member is oscillated, means for actuating said reciprocatory member, and means for connecting the free end of said oscillatory member with said sprocket chain.

16. In a loading machine, a portable car-- riage, a horizontally swiveled supporting frame thereon, a boom frame pivoted to swing vertically on said swiveled frame, means for rotating said swiveled frame corn prising a sprocket wheel fixed thereon mid concentric with the axis thereof, a second sprocket wheel fixed on a shaft journa-led on 

